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Hynix Targets DDR2-Chip Output

Updated Dec. 15, 2003 7:20 p.m. ET

Hynix Semiconductor Inc. said it plans to begin mass production of double-data-rate-2, or DDR2, chips in the first quarter, using a finer 0.11 micron processing technology. A finer processing technology allows more chips to be produced from a wafer, boosting output and cutting production costs.

Hynix, a South Korean maker of dynamic-random-access-memory chips most widely used in personal computers, said it received approval from Intel Corp. for its 512-megabit DDR2 SDRAM, or synchronous-DRAM, chips to be used with Intel's microprocessors.